Flinders
Matthew Flinders was a fearless, sharp-eyed, handsome adventurer who explored the furthest reaches of Australia, and was the first European to circumnavigate and map the vast island continent. He also gave our nation its name. Growing up in rural England, Flinders became fascinated with the sea, inspired by the adventure story of Robinson Crusoe and […]
All the Light We Cannot See Film-Tie-In
A beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Marie Laure lives with her father in Paris within walking distance of the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of […]
Usborne Graphic: The Odyssey
The most famous vampire story of all time, in graphic novel format. When Jonathan Harker arrives in Transylvania, he finds himself caught up in a fiendish plot to raise an army of the undead. Can he and his friends stop the plans of the terrifying vampire Count Dracula before it’s too late? Bram Stoker’s classic […]
Silk
In a gorgeous history that spans continents and millennia, Aarathi Prasad weaves together the complex story of the queen of fabrics. Through the scientists who have studied silk, and the biology of the animals from which it has been drawn, Prasad explores the global history, natural history, and future of a unique material that has […]
A Bear Called Paddington
Unabridged and illustrated in glorious full-colour throughout, this exquisite gift edition of the original story of everyone’s favourite bear, Paddington, is truly to be treasured! Paddington is now a major movie star. “A bear? On Paddington station?” Mrs Brown looked at her husband in amazement. “Don’t be silly, Henry. There can’t be!” Paddington Bear had […]
House Woman
My name is Ikemefuna Nwosu, and I am your wife. One day in Lagos, young dancer Ikemefuna is put on a plane to Houston to meet her new husband, Nna. Promises are made to her – about her education, about the man she will marry, about her freedom. None of them are kept. A few […]
Our Voices From the Heart
A behind-the-scenes book about the Uluru Statement From The Heart, from the co-chairs of the Uluru Dialogue, Professor Megan Davis and Patricia Anderson, AO. The Australian story began long before the arrival of the First Fleet. We Australians all know this. We have always known this. Australia finds itself standing on the edge of a […]
The Visitors
The Visitors is an audacious, earthy, funny, gritty and powerful re-imaging of a crucial moment in Australia’s history – an unputdownable work of fiction. On a steamy, hot day in January 1788, seven Aboriginal men, representing the nearby clans, gather at Warrane. Several newly arrived ships have been sighted in the great bay to the […]
My Name is Sunshine Simpson
Meet Sunshine Simpson – a brand-new best friend for middle-grade readers, in this first book in a fresh and moving series that celebrates family, friendship, community and the Windrush legacy. Perfect for fans of Jacqueline Wilson. Sunshine Simpson’s larger-than-life Grandad is always telling her to get out and find her own adventures, but unfortunately BAD […]
